Thailand’s Nene Royal wins America’s Got Talent, pocketing US$1 million

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate impeachment court on Wednesday voted to lower the number of votes needed to find Vice President Sara Duterte guilty at her impeachment trial, ruling that the constitutionally required two-thirds majority would be computed only from senators legally and factually capable of participating in the impeachment proceedings. The 13-1 vote effectively

MANILA, Philippines — The Confederation of Independent Unions in the Public Sector (CIU-Sentro) has criticized the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) proposed P500 monthly increase in the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (Pera) for government employees in 2027. In a statement, the labor group said the proposed adjustment was inadequate, noting that the allowance has

Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP) has reinforced its strategic position in the regional automotive landscape after being designated by Toyota Motor Asia (TMA) as the official regional training hub for Body, Paint, and Estimation (BPE) instructors across Asian affiliates.

(First of two parts) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, Philippines — While her neighbors at Barangay Santa Monica in San Simon, Pampanga, queued for food packs as 0.60-meter (2-foot-deep) floodwaters receded last week, Bella Parungao scouted for an apartment to relocate to in the meantime. “[Our community] received all the miseries,” Parungao, 40, said in

The commemorative coin for the Peñafrancia Festival is now available online, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced on Thursday.

BANGA, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — A 14-year-old student of Banga National High School (BNHS), who has been hailed a hero for fighting off the shooter during last Friday’s school attack, said he would do the same thing if confronted with a similar situation in the future. Instead of running for safety, the Grade 9 student,

Razon-led Primelectric Holdings Inc."s Bohol Light Company Inc. and More Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) have secured separate Senate nods for its congressional franchises.

MANILA, Philippines — Medicine should never feel out of reach. Yet for many Filipinos, a trip to the pharmacy can mean literally crossing mountains and streams for a handful of tablets. In a remote sitio in Barangay Kalawakan, Bulacan, for instance, getting to the nearest pharmacy can mean traveling almost a dozen kilometers without public

PROSPERIDAD, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — For many cancer patients in Caraga, the struggle begins even before treatment. A diagnosis often means long trips outside the region, transportation expenses, missed work opportunities, and additional costs that burden families already coping with the disease. In Agusan del Sur, efforts are underway to change that reality through

There was no abuse of authority when the senator-judges decided to base the two-thirds vote to convict the impeached Vice President Sara Duterte on the number of senators who are capable of "legally and factually participating in the impeachment proceedings." In an interview with Unang Hirit"s On Record Thursday, Senate impeachment court spokesperson Reginald Tongol said the senator-judges conducted due diligence before voting.

I went through something similar when I was with Bersih, says Mandeep.